Birthday Bowling

Jenny called me in Hawaii in a panic because we had not finalized plans for my birthday. So she told me to think about it and come up with something... dinner... girls night out... shopping...

So as I lay by the pool, I had an assignment. When we came back, I still had no idea, but I knew I didn't want to go out for a fancy dinner (I didn't need the calories after Hawaii) and a girls night out always makes me nervous (What if no one shows?). What I really wanted was to DO something.

So upon reading my mail, I saw an ad for a bowling alley and that sparked an idea - let's go bowling! We decided to head to Lucky Strike at the Block with our husbands.


We had pink and purple balls. How fun is that!


Jenny started off great right away!

Darrenn followed up nicely, but Jenny was still in the lead, where she would be for the next couple of frames. She stayed in second until the 8th frame.


Tim bowled in high school, so I knew he would have no problem, despite getting only 1 pin on his first frame.

I, however, SUCK at bowling. I always have. But I do enjoy it! So I led off with a big zero! It could only go up from there. I joked I wanted to break 50.

As you can see from the score, I didn't do it! But we had a lot of laughs, mostly at me! I was so bad, it really was unbelievable.

So the second game, I had them put up the bumpers. MUCH MORE FUN!!! I banked a few shots for a much better score! That's the ONLY way to play! Even Jenny bowled with the bumpers about halfway through.

What a really fun birthday adventure! We finished it off by reading books at Borders, eating at Corner Bakery, and then shopping. Even Tim shopped! It was a birthday miracle. He came home with 4 shirts and 2 pairs of shorts. What a great day!

I can't forget to mention it was Emma's first trip to a bowling alley. She slept through most of it! Honestly, she probably could have bowled at least as well as I could. If only she could fit into the shoes...